Alesis D4 manual

Pitch Bend This “bends” a note from its standard pitch.

Continuous Controller Footpedals, breath controllers, and modulation wheels can vary sounds as you play, thus adding expressiveness. MIDI allows for 64 continuous controllers (these act like potentiometers in that you can choose one of many different values) and 58 continuous/switch controllers (these can act like continuous controllers but some are assumed to choose between two possible states, such as on/off).

Each type of controller is stamped with its own controller identification number. Not all controller numbers have been standardized for specific functions, but the following indicates the current list of assigned controllers. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the controller range.

0Bank Select (0-127)

1Modulation Wheel (0-127)

2Breath Controller (0-127)

3Early DX7 Aftertouch (0-127)

4Foot Controller (0-127)

5Portamento Time (0-127)

6Data Slider (0-127)

7Main Volume (0-127)

8Balance (0-127)

10Pan (0-127)

11Expression (0-127)

16General Purpose #1 (0-127)

17General Purpose #2 (0-127)

18General Purpose #3 (0-127)

19General Purpose #4 (0-127)

32-63 Least Significant Bits, Controllers 0-31 (0-127)

64Sustain Pedal (0 or 127)

65Portamento On/Off (0 or 127)

66Sustenuto Pedal (0 or 127)

67Soft Pedal (0 or 127)

69 Hold 2 (0 or 127)

80General Purpose #5 (0 or 127)

81General Purpose #6 (0 or 127)

82General Purpose #7 (0 or 127)

83General Purpose #8 (0 or 127)

92Tremolo Depth (0-127)

93Chorus Depth (0-127)

94Celeste Depth (0-127)

95Phase Depth (0-127)

96Data Increment (0 or 127)

97Data Decrement (0 or 127)

98Non-Registered Parameter MSB (0-127)

99Non-Registered Parameter LSB (0-127)

100Registered Parameter MSB (0-127)

101Registered Parameter LSB (0-127)

121Reset All Controllers (0)

122Local Control On/Off (0 or 127)

123All Notes Off (0)

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